Diane Nabatoff:

In 1999 Diane founded Tiara Blu Films with Ray Liotta. Since then she has produced Narc, a Paramount release, written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric as well as the pilot for the HBO series Baseball Wives. She will begin production in 2004 on Friends Again, written by George Gallo and starring Ray Liotta and John Goodman and The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth, starring Erika Christensen.  In addition, Diane is developing projects at a number of studios and cable networks as well several features that will be independently financed. Her projects include: The novel White Jazz by James Ellroy, to be adapted and directed by Joe Carnahan with New Regency; Take The Lead with New Line; Soldiers Field with Radar; Sound And Fury to star Marlee Matlin and Camryn Manheim for Showtime; and Chess starring Ted Danson for A&E.

Prior to founding her own company, Diane was a Producer at Interscope Communications, where she developed and produced films that include: Very Bad Things, written and directed by Pete Berg and starring Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz and Daniel Stern; The Proposition starring Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt; Operation Dumbo Drop, directed by Simon Wincer and starring Danny Glover, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary; Separate Lives starring Jim Belushi and Linda Hamilton; Holy Matrimony, directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Patricia Arquette; and Body Language starring Tom Berenger.

Earlier in her career, Diane was the Senior Vice President of Production for Henry Winkler’s Fair Dinkum Productions and Vice President of Vestron Pictures where she served as Executive Producer of Hider in the House and Fear which received a nomination for an Ace Award.  She began her film career in Los Angeles at The Feldman-Meeker Co. working on The Golden Child starring Eddie Murphy and serving as Associate-Producer of The Kindred and Near Dark.

In addition to her career in the film industry, Ms. Nabatoff has had diverse experiences in the entertainment field:  she worked with the legendary Joseph Papp at The New York Shakespeare Festival; consulted with a London-based documentary film company; worked in programming at HBO; understudied both female roles in the Broadway Production of I Love my Wife; and performed in off- Broadway shows, nightclubs and television commercials as a singer-actress.

Prior to receiving a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where she was the first female producer of Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the founder of The Radcliffe Pitches, the first Harvard female vocal group.